The article tells how thousands of people attended rallies and demonstrations organised to call for a movement from political parties and trade unions, following the announcement of widespread school closures and privatisation of the healthcare system and also the desertification of healthcare in rural areas and extra billing by doctors.

2000-5000 people marched on the Bastille in Paris, 500 in Lyon and 400 people in Bordeaux (preceded by disable people in wheelchairs. Also there were 300 protestors in Toulouse and 450 in Niort. Finally the article says that in Seyne-sur-Mer a thousand people formed an H (for hospital)to defend the town's maternity ward which is threatened with closure. Rallies were also organised in Nancy, Rennes and also Lille